Leaked War Files Expose Identities of Afghan Informants

Leaked War Files Expose Identities of Afghan Informants

Hundreds of Afghan lives have been put at risk by the leaking of 90,000 intelligence documents to WikiLeaks because the files identify
informants working with NATO forces.

In just two hours of searching the WikiLeaks archive, The Times of London found the names of dozens of Afghans credited with providing detailed
intelligence to U.S. forces. Their villages are given for identification and also, in many cases, their fathers' names.

Who in their right mind would release documents that identify informers ?

Or was this intentional to help murder people who have helped the US in Afghanistan?

This is a conspiracy site and many people believe that anything that the US does is evil and wrong. I believe that releasing this information will
result in many people being murdered over the coming year(s).

Who will be held responsible if people are killed?

What was the motivation to release the names of individuals who helped the US?

If a single person is killed because of this information should the founder of WikiLeaks be charged with murder?

the way i see it is if it gets us out of afganistan its worth it we shouldnt be there at all. im sure theres about to be alot more info coming out
soon and i cant wait. america is an evil country and needs to be stoped. and by that i dont mean the good people of the U.S. come on wikileaks do us
proud.

Indeed a very serious mistake in my view. I understood from some news that the names were removed and documents reviewed to black out names.

I believe the authenticity is not in jeopardy when doing so and many lives are perhaps in danger because of this. I would think a part of the
informers are idealists that truly believe they are doing good helping the "liberators".

Also there is the danger that names have been changed to target people through that.

that's a very good point why weren't they given a code name or some form of cover. i find that quite unprofessional on the coalitions part after all
there was always the chance informants names could be leaked by rouge afghan army? I'm just hoping this whole leak situation is the match that
ignites our withdrawal. there could always be a chance that our governments wanted this leak out in the first place as a way of leaving with out
finishing the job.

The government wants to stop such leaks that exposes their mistakes and the like to put regulations on what we see on the net and how we gather
information.

Suddenly wikileaks, after releasing collateral murder, releases something thats out of the ordinary for it. Some members were already speculating that
it is out of character for wikileaks to have something that seems not so extraordinary or doesn't expose lies told and even that the government is
behind it.

Could this be true? We are now about to witness the horrors of what will happen if the people knew everything the government was doing! This will
cause people to shun wikileaks and ask for the government to do whatever to keep its secrets. This would also explain why the MSM is jumping to cover
this materal (to regain their 'we are real journalists!' appearance) while they hesitated to cover the collateral murder video.

Not to mention that they probably used the hacker they had on their side (snitch hacker adrian lamo) after capturing him to try to legitimize the
story. Remember chat logs can be faked. That so they have a reason to imprison the person that leaked the collateral murder video with support of the
populous.

At a minimum, you should be wanting the names removed from the documents.

They sided with the occupier against their brothers & sister countrymen, not a good idea.

Would you give Chinese troops occupying US soil info that might result in US citizens being killed?.. if so you'd be a rat... nobody would feel sorry
for you except maybe for some chinamen on a website.

Good point. Imagine that soldiers have invaded your country. They come to your house and ask a few questions.

You answer questions but don't provide any information that could be used against resistance fighters.

The resistance fighters for the most part cannot read. They hear that you talked with the occupation forces.

Would you want to have to explain yourself to them? Especially
if they behave like the Taliban?

I wouldn't talk to occupiers, I'd either be hiding trying to kill them, or more likely 1000s of miles away sipping a cold one on a safe tropical
island nude beach. I'm outta here come poofan time, lots of great places on this earth to live..

But if I was killed, so be it.. lie with dogs, get fleas... talk to occupiers, get dead... maybe some poor schmo would learn a lesson from my death
and save himself / family from my fate.

Have fun when your tropical island gets taken over and the locals view you as an invader.

You can always tell an american fool that thinks that he'll be welcomed with open arms in foriegn lands even when his parents money no longer buys
anything anymore. Everyone is a tribalist when the chips are down and every foregner is just someone to be killed and eaten, literally or figuratively

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